Certification Practice Questions
2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
Raw extraction and harvesting are examples of what? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Preprocessing
In the management and planning of preprocessing there are five steps.
What are they? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Design, forecasting, processing planning,
select & sequence operations
,What part of the processing has a purpose that is to minimise production
time and costs, efficiently organise the use of resources and maximise
efficiency in the workplace? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Production Planning
What is the meaning of Fixed Automation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A process
using mechanized machinery to perform fixed and repetitive operations in
order to produce a high volume of similar parts.
What is a compact controller that combines the features and capabilities of
a PC-based control system that completes batch order? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Programmable Automation
In the post-processing stages of manufacturing, what is "annealing"? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔It softens to relieve stress
In the post-processing stages of manufacturing, what is "hardening"? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Increase wear resistance
In the post-processing stages of manufacturing, what is "tempering"? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔It increases hardness
What are factors in the determination of materials selected in the
manufacturing process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Properties, costs, source
,availability, environmental impact, durability (lasting), Non-durable
(consumable)
What are factors in the determination of costs of producing in the
manufacturing process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔materials, people, overhead
Ferrous metals have a high iron content & are materials such as what? (4) -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔iron, steel, stainless steel, magnetic materials
Non-ferrous metals are nonmagnetic substances such as what? (5) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔aluminum, copper, alloys, zinc, titanium
What are matrix composites? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔holds the reinforcements in
an orderly pattern, is continuous & is a lighter material than reinforcement
What is the name of molecular material formed from carbons? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Polymers
Plastics that are Thermoset are what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Not able to be
remelted
Reusable plastics are known as what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Thermoplastics
What are three examples of Natural Polymers? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔wood,
rubber, leather
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, What two types of woods are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hardwood-
deciduous
Softwood- coniferous
What are the benefits of wood? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔it is abundant, renewable,
easily-shaped, strong & non-corrosive
Describe what ceramics are made of. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔brittle, inert & non-
conducting material made from clay
What is it when two or more materials are combined for a useful
application? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Composites
What are three types of composites? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fiberboards,
fiberglass, laminates
What is the goal of mechanical properties? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔For the
material to be strong enough to support the load
In mechanical properties, what is stress? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Response to
external forces
In mechanical properties, what is shear stress? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔force
parallel to the surface